Window.



E. HEROUX.

I WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1912.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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EDMOND HEROUX, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES ALBERT MILETTE, 0F MONTREAL, CANADA.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND HnRoUX, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in windows, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel means employed for swinging a vertically sliding window sash horizontally,

whereby the sashes are permanently sup ported on the one side by runnlng hinges.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the operation of vertically sliding sashes, adapted to turn inwardly for cleaning purposes, to devise a window particularly suitable for inclement climatic conditions and generally to provide a simple, cheap and durable construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the invention complete, showing the lower sash swung inwardly and the upper sash partly open in its sliding position. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line AB in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 0-D in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective detail of a running hinge and the runner red, the latter being broken away at each end.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a window frame having the vertical slide grooves 2 and 3 on one side thereof and the vertical slide grooves 4 and 5 on the other side.

6 and 7 are round runner rods, though it must be understood that they may be of any suitable shape, the rod 6 being rigidly secured by the screws 8 centrally and vertically in the slide groove 2, while the rod 7 is rigidly secured by the screws 9 centrally and vertically in the slide groove 3..

10 is a running hinge formed with the leaves 11 and 12 joined by the barrel and pin 13, the leaf 11 having suitable screw holes therethrough, the leaf 12 having the longitudinal flanges 1 1 and 15 extending rearwardly therefrom forming a recess 16 at the back of the hinge.

17 are pivot pins extending outwardly from the leaf 12 within the recess 16 in horizontal alinement.

l8 and 19 are grooved rollers journaled' on the pin 17 and running on each side of a runner rod 6 or 7.

20 is an eye secured to the upper end of the running hinge 10.

21 is a cord secured to the eye 20 extendng as customary over the pulley 22 and havlng a suitable weight at its other end.

23 is a sash having the leaf 11 of a runnlng hinge 10 secured by suitable screws to the inner face of a side rail thereof adj acent to the upper end.

2 1 is a running hinge having the leaves 25 and 26, the leaf 25 having screw holes therethrough and the leaf 26 having the flanges 27 extending rearwardly from the side edges thereof.

28 are grooved rollers on the pins 29 between the flanges 27 and running on each side of a rod 6 or 7.

30 is a slot toward the lower end of the leaf 26.

31 is a roller journaled in the leaf 26 in the slot 30 and rolling on the outer side of a runner rod 6 or 7.

The leaf 25 of the running hinge 24.- is secured to the inner face of the same side rail of the sash and forms the lower sash supporting piece, the recess 32 being formed in the said sash to accommodate the roller 81.

It will be thus seen that the sash 23 is supported on one side of the frame, toward its upper end and toward its lower end, by the said running hinges 10 and 24: and at the othen side it is supported when in its vertically sliding position by the roller 33, secured in its side edge face and engaging the bed of a groove 4: or 5, the lower ends 34: and 35 of the strips, forming the inner walls respectively of the groove at and 5, are hinged, so as to provide a clear way to said grooves, the lower end 34: turning into the vertical slot 36 in the bed of the groove 5.

37 is a sash fitted with the running hinges in exactly the same way as the sash 23.

In the operation the upper and lower sashes slide vertically as well as swing horizontally, and the fact that they swing horizontally in no way afiects their successful operation vertically. These sashes are supported by cord on one side only, therefore the ordinary method of supporting windows is simplified, While greater convenience is assured in having a Window swinging easily for cleaning or other purposes.

The grooved rollers and the running hinges engage the sides of the runner rod, While the roller running on the outer side of the rod avoids any binding effect, which might occur otherwise.

What I claim is A bracket, in the form of a hinge, adapted to slide in the Window frame, said hinge having one leaf thereof adapted to be secured to a Window sash and the other leaf Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

flanged vertically at the sides andsupporting grooved rollers and a plain roller, and a track adapted to fit in a sash groove in the Window frame and engage on three sides by said rollers.

Signed at the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, this twelfth day of November, 1912.

EDMOND HEROUX.

- V Witnesses:

H. DAVIS, C. PATENAUDE.

Washington, D. G. 

